Flag of Kosovo

🎨 What the flag means

Kosovo's flag is blue with a golden map of Kosovo in the middle. Above the map is an arc of six white stars. Officially, the stars stand for Kosovo's six main ethnic groups: Albanians, Serbs, Bosniaks, Turks, Romani and Gorani. Using a map is unusual for a flag.

📊 Quick facts

👥 Population

1.6 million (2024)

🏙️ Capital

Pristina227.5 thousand people (2024)

🗣️ Main language

AlbanianAlso official: Serbian

✨ 3 fun facts

1. Brown bears, lynxes, wolves and wild goats live in Kosovo's mountains in the west and southeast.
2. Kosovo has 255 recorded bird species, including golden eagles that live mainly in the mountains.
3. People go skiing at Brezovica, a ski resort in the Šar Mountains.